Church News Sunday 13th November

SUNDAY CLUB AND FYF Sunday Club and FYF meet today at 10.50am. There is a Crèche for pre-school children each Sunday morning.

PRAYER GROUP The prayer meetings will continue on Wednesday mornings at 10.00am in the small hall. John Fraser will lead them and if you would like them to pray for someone at those meetings please contact John on 861140. The Prayer Group are happy to pray for any requests which any of the congregation have. Feel free to put any in the box in the vestibule.

LADIES BIBLE STUDY Ladies Bible Study: The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 16th November at 1.30pm and last approximately one hour. The ladies will look at Hebrews chapter 5 under the heading “Overcoming Weakness”. Do come along to join this group and learn from God’s word. We’d love to have you with us.

PASTORAL CARE Please get in touch with the Team if you need some help. Contact can be made either through your elder or the co-ordinator, Janette Steele (01349 861591) and we will do our very best to assist.

LIFE AND WORK The order for 2017 has to be placed soon. There is an increase of 30p per copy (total £30 annually). Anyone who wishes to order copies, or anyone who wishes to cancel their order, please contact Georgie Jack (01349 861860) by today. Cancellations cannot be accepted after that.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY RETIRING COLLECTION There will be a retiring collection at both services today in aid of the Earl Haig Fund.

INTERIM MODERATOR Rev’d Scott Polworth, Urray and Kilchrist has now been identified to act as Interim moderator rather than Rev’d Stephen MacDonald.

PASTORAL DUTIES Up until 20th November Rev’d Russell Smith is available for pastoral cover and can be contacted on 861011.

GUILD WEEK This runs from 13th November until 20th. There are a few things happening around our area. A) walk around Dingwall 15th November starting at 10am from St Clements Church Hall and finishing at Castle Street for coffee. B) On Friday 18th Castle Street Guild are hosting a Panel Evening with an MSP, Doctor, former police inspector and a teacher. (See notice board in Hall and at gate for further details) This is an Open Evening so anyone can come along.
C) On Sunday 20th November, a Guild Evening Service will be held at 6.30pm in St Clements Church. All welcome to attend.

EVENING OF TEN-PIN BOWLING There is to be an evening of Ten-Pin Bowling on Wednesday 23rd November 2016. We plan to leave from the car park beside the church at 6.30pm to travel to Inverness. Cost is £6/person. Refreshments can be purchased, (if required) at the venue. If you would like to participate in this event, please add your name to the list at the back of the Church.

WORLD MISSION COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Copies of the latest issue on the theme “Living in a Global Community” are available on the table at the back of the Church. Apologies that they were not distributed with “Life and Work” this time. Please help yourself to a copy, which includes articles on Nepal, Malawi, Egypt and Indonesia.

SOUP LUNCH The Guild members would like to thank most sincerely all those who made Friday 4th November most memorable. The soups were delicious, the company scintillating and our very own author, SG Maclean ie Shona Vance, was a joy to listen to about her new book “The Black Friar”. The magnificent sum of £186 was raised to help the Guild Project, Prospects which helps people with learning difficulties to be part of worship in our church. Thank you to everyone who played any part in this.

INDUCTION OF THE REV’D ANDREW GRAHAM, TUESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2016 Our ex-minister Andy is being inducted into his new charge on Tuesday, 29th November at 6.30pm at Coupar Angus Abbey Church. We have been invited to attend that Service but clearly getting to it may not be straightforward. If you have already made arrangements to travel down to Coupar Angus by car on the afternoon of 29th November, have a spare seat (or two) in your car and would be willing to take someone from the Church who is without transport, please enter your details on the form to be found at the rear of the Church. Alternatively, if you would like to attend the Service but have no transport, also add your name to the list at the back of the Church, and we will endeavour to fill the spare seats with passengers. We cannot guarantee a place for everyone who might want to attend but we will do our best to make sure that cars travel to Coupar Angus with seats filled where possible. Any questions, please contact the Session Clerk, Martin McLauchlan on 01349 861930 or email Martin.McLauchlan@bcs.org.uk